Glove-cleaning device



-Sept. 9 1924. "1,507,875

A. J. was ET AL GLOVE CLEANING DEVICE Filed Oct. 24. 1921 W/TIVESSES: v} NI/Euro)? 5 0M. #2,; mym z Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

- UNITED STATES:

ANDREW .WEIS *1 7 ZIMMERMAE 0F DAY ON, QHfo.

' GLovE-cn ANrneDEVICE.

Application filed October 24, 1921. Serial No. 510,091.

TO (IN whom it may concern: I v p H Be it known that we,'ANDREW'J. \Vnrs and JOSEPH ZIMMER AN, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful 1m whichthe following is a specification,

The principal-object of our inventionisto provide a simple and eflicient deviceor machine for cleaning gloves and like articles. It comprises but few parts, it occupies a small space, and is economical and thorough in its operation.

Other important and incidental objects will be brought out in the following specification and particularly set forth in the subjoined claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the device. Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same with the cover removed. And Figure 3 is a perspective view of the agitator or paddle.

Throughout the specification and drawings, similar reference characters denote corresponding parts.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a detailed description of the preferred form of embodiment of our invention, the numerals 1, 1 designate two flat end members that fit into vertical grooves provided in two flat side members 2, 2 to form a casing or receptacle that is preferably square in cross section. Preferably secured upon the top of this casing by a wing screw 3, is a cover 4, while a bottom 5 is firmly mounted in the lower part of said casing. While the members forming this casing are constructed of wood, they maybe made of any other suitable material.

Countersunk in the middle portion of the bottom 5 is a circular metallic bottom piece 6 having a flanged rim 7. Fitted into a central hole in the bottom 5 and circular piece 6, is a bushing 8 having a reduced interio'rly threaded lower end and a flange 9 which bears against the under surface of the bottom 5. Screwed into the threaded lower end of the bushing 8, is a cleansing fluid outlet pipe 10. (See Figure 1).

The bushing 8 has a thick upper end portion 11 through a central hole in which the lower end of an agitator shaft 12 projects. This shaft projects upwardly through an oil catch basin 13 fitted in a central hole in the cover Fast on the shaft 12 within the casing is an agitator 14 that prefer ably comprises a flatwboard which'is reverselyzcur'ved or rounded at its two opposite vertical 'ends Secured to the bottom of the "agitator"14- is an inverted, flanged metallic disc -15ythat is freely turned within the flanged bottom piece :6 when the agitator itselfis rotated by the means now to be described.

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Referring to Figure 1, there is mountedf' upon the cover 4 a housing 16 in the top portion of which a transverse shaft '17 "is.

journaled'.v Mounted on this shaft 17 "is a loose pulley 18 and a fast pulley 19 to re ceive a power driven belt not shown.

Projecting laterally from the housing16 is a gear casing 20 in the bottom of which there is provided a ball thrust-bearing 21 for a horizontal miter gear 22 fast on the upper end of the shaft 12 which projects into said casing. The miter gear 22 meshes with a vertical miter gear 23 mounted in the casing 20 on the transverse shaft 17 .1

When the latter is rotated by the fastpulley 19, it will, through the miter gears 22 and 23, rotate the shaft 12 to turn the agitator 14. I

When the agitator 14 is rotated within the square casing heretofore described, it will throw the gloves or other articles, and the cleansing fluid, into the four corners of the casing with sufficient violence to thor oughly cleanse those articles through their frictional contact'with the surfaces of the side and end members which form those corners. After the gloves are thrown into one corner of the square casingby one end of the agitator 14, they are carried back by the violently agitated cleansing fluid into the path of the movement ofthe other end of the agitator, by which they are hurled into the next corner, and so on around the casing until they have been thoroughly cleaned by the frictional or rubbing action engendered. There is no chance for the gloves totravel around with the agitator out of contact with the sides of the casing, as would be the case'were'the latter circular in cross section. Instead, they are successively hurled into each corner of the casing for violent frictional contact therewith, which results in their being thoroughly cleaned.

The cleansing fluid employed in the receptacle for cleaning the gloves or other articles, is permitted to descend through holes 24 in the bottom piece 6, and a hole 25 in the bushing 8, into the outlet pipe 10 through which it may be drawn oil by opening the valve 25 in a valve casing 27 secured to said pipe. While We have shown these means for Withdrawing the cleansing fluid from the recepta cle,.any other suitable means may be employed for this purpose if desired. 7

During the cleaning operation, the glove or other articles that are Whirled gal-round by the agitator 14, are prevented filtom phecoming wedged between themetallic ,:disc 15 4 and the bottom of the receptacle, or from clogging up :the outlet mechanism, by the downwardly projecting annular flange 28 on the .disc 15 which turns lin'iclose pIi)X.iII.1- ity to the flanged rim 7 of the"hot;t;om piece i6.

.iHaving described our inventiom, we claim: 1

1; In :a device of the type described, the

combination with a casing rectangular in cross section, olfaa shaft projectin {axially into said casing, means for rotating said shaft, a flat agitator secured to the shaft, and an inverted cupped disc attached to the hot-tom of the agitator and the shaft.-

2.111 a device of the type. described, the

combination with .;a casing, of a shaft projecting axially into said casing, means for rotating said shaft, anagitatqr fasten .said I haft wi hin :th c sing, a :bettqli i e ai casin having a icqimtersimk m ddle pQ -e a a d a flanged also :se t th bottom o s id -ag :ta Qr-, Q 70 21 1 Within the countersunk patt es f "t he tqm o the casing, f r the iphrpesespe fied- In stimony wher f :we hav he esat e 013 heads this li h l aa re Q tobe 

